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Three community activists occupy Govanhill baths, sitting on the roof of the baths with a banner that reads 'Ours' in 2001 when the pool was threatened with closure

Discarding well? justice and collective care in two grassroots waste initiatives in the UK

Grassroots initiatives model socially just, care-centred ways of “discarding well,” revealing both their transformative potential and the need for broader systemic change in waste relations.

24 Nov 2025

Unravelling the healthcare paradox: tensions in sustainable healthcare

A new reflection from CleanMed Europe 2025 explores the unresolved tensions shaping sustainable healthcare: how we balance patient outcomes, budgets, and planetary health, and who carries the burden of driving change. Read the full piece on why confronting these trade-offs is essential for reimagining healthcare’s future.

A rural health centre in Papua New Guinea.

How do hospitals (continue) to matter to anthropologists?

Presentations

At the Medical Anthropology Europe Conference 2025, Alice Street questioned how we might theorise hospitals as more-than-biomedical places and highlighted the environmental damage hospitals cause.

A personal phone shows a photo of the researcher's dog alongside the medical equipment they are dissecting

04 Aug 2025

Photo Stories and Photo Voice: Collecting Things in After the Single Use

How can photo stories and photovoice help us rethink single-use medical devices - revealing their benefits, harms, and ethical challenges - while amplifying marginalised voices and reshaping collaboration in healthcare research?

A group of academics sit around a table discussing pathways and barriers to collaboration.

07 Jul 2025

Collaborations: Building Ethical and Effective Interdisciplinary Partnerships

What does it take to build ethical, effective collaborations for a sustainable healthcare future? Our "Collaborations" workshop explored justice, advocacy, and co-production beyond academia.

After the Single Use collaborators discuss the ethics of engagement.

03 Jul 2025

Ethical Reflections on Researching Medical Waste

How do we ethically research medical plastic waste in hospitals, waste sites, and communities while respecting privacy, avoiding harm, and fostering collaborative, non-exploitative relationships?

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